Story: Farming and the environment
This picturesque scene from the early 20th century depicts established pasture on rolling hill country among bush remnants in Taranaki. Sheep and cattle graze peacefully below the substantial homestead. An enormous amount of work was involved in converting forest covered land to this state.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: D-009-025
Chromolithograph by William Shaw Diedrich Schmidt
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
